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I started writing at the age of six and, since then, all I've ever wanted to be was a writer. I found a home in words and poetry, a kind of music that touches the deepest corners of my darkest parts, a touch that set ablaze all of me. Writing became my passion. I knew it was my calling. But…

I am the kind of interviewee who pays more attention to the question being asked than his own answer. I love it when a question knocks my socks off and makes me relish the exquisite feeling of never having been asked such a thing before. Just a few weeks ago, I was being interviewed over the phone with the usual,…

The Poet’s Passage in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico is a quaint, classy cafe in the heart of the old city area of San Juan, where artisan coffee and homemade plum cakes are sold, and where this blog post. It was more of the cafe's charm and less my feelings and desire, which inspired me to start writing there, honestly.…

I am, what you would call, a typical procrastinator. Heck, once I procrastinated reading a book on ‘How to Deal With Procrastination’ for a year! I find it easier to do things tomorrow than today, which pretty much explains why my back is against the wall at work so often. Around the time when I was 18 and weighing about…

It’s the evening of 17th November 2015. My mom, sister and I are standing on our Dehradun terrace talking and laughing at something rather small and silly. Soon my sister and I decide to head to the market to buy a cake, while our mother goes to visit the priest in the temple across the road, to ask for an…

If I were to walk up to you and ask you what you've achieved so far, what is the first thing you’d think of? A large number of us will instantly think of the money we've made. Or the possessions we, err, possess because of the money we've made. I’ve not achieved anything financially. Sure, I made money. I’ve been working…

I wrote an article last month, which got appreciated and shared quite a bit. Some of my friends even personally thanked me for it saying it was a source of inspiration for them. I was thrilled. And while all these responses overwhelmed me, they also made me think about inspiration; how it can strike the right cord in your heart,…

I don't know what people mean by, and how they find, the "right" person for themselves. He’s all the wrongs that could ever be but he’s the kind of wrong I’d choose over a million rights. The kind I choose to live-in with. My boyfriend and I are different from each other. We do not agree on a lot of…

I need to, and like to go back to whatever I call home, at least once a year. And I look for the feeling of home in wherever I go and whatever I do. Sometimes I succeed; I find that feeling of home in different places and things and hobbies. But I find it most in certain people. Certain…

After a personal analysis of my work calendar I have found that I meet, on an average, two thousand new people every month. Working as an educator, song writer, screenplay writer, executive producer, and poet, I feel like I am in the business of saying first hellos and final goodbyes all the time. This October though was different. I travelled…